⏱️How it unfolded
The score against the pace we expected, quarter by quarter.
The score, against the pace we expected
The Cavaliers got 14 points ahead of the pace we expected in the second quarter and stayed there. A much tighter, lower scoring game than we expected.
Where it moved
▲ CLE better than we expected
▼ PHI better than we expected
The second quarter was where it moved most, 9 points better than our numbers for the Cavaliers.
⚖️What decided it
Why the Cavaliers won, and why the 76ers did not.
From the game
They went cold, eleven of 38 from three- Looked after the ball, ten turnovers to their seventeen
Key battles
🏀Good plays, bad plays
The plays that went each side's way, and the ones each side did to itself.
Cavaliers
Good plays
- 10-0 run
A 10-0 run stretched a 3-point lead to 13
Q2 10:06 · CLE 38-25 PHI
Bad plays
- Technical
Thomas Bryant technical foul
Q3 1:51 · CLE 84-63 PHI
76ers
Good plays
No play that swung it their way.
Bad plays
Nothing costly of their own making.
📊The numbers
| CLE | PHI | |
|---|---|---|
| 45% | Shooting from the field | 46% |
| 16 | Threes made | 11 |
| 36% | Three-point accuracy | 29% |
| 23 | Free throws made | 12 |
| 41 | Rebounds | 42 |
| 9 | Offensive rebounds | 11 |
| 28 | Assists | 20 |
| 40 | Points in the paint | 54 |
| 13 | Fast break points | 21 |
| 14 | Points off turnovers | 20 |
| 10 | Turnovers | 17 |
| 4 | Steals | 7 |
| 8 | Blocks | 4 |
